From the editor-in-chief Enough spin and trickery Chris Fay Editor-in-chief chrisf@tsi.org.uk I have a confession to make and given the number of CTSI members reading this who are, after all, my de facto employers, it seems like the right place to mention it: misuse of company property. Just the other week I was sitting on my sofa scrolling through my personal email on my work phone when I found myself playing a free online game offering a prize of 250 in Just Eat vouchers. Just Eat is a service I have used, the website was reasonably professional and the thought of 250-worth of jalfrezi had clouded my judgement: I was vulnerable. So when, after a couple of fruitless spins of a pizza-shaped roulette wheel, I was invited to type in my mobile number, I didnt give it much thought. Fortunately, I realised my error quickly Id been tricked into signing up to a premium rate text service that had nothing to do with Just Eat. With some considerable effort I was able to cancel it, while the loss was still in loose change. Ive written about phishing many times and Im well aware of the current gamification trend, so it was an embarrassing and humbling experience. I was not quite as gullible yesterday, however, when I heard the recent announcement from Chancellor Philip Hammond that the government was to invest 1.9bn against cybercrime, including fraud. It sounded remarkably like the same 1.9bn that George Osborne announced last year only with an emphasis on terrorism following the Paris attacks. Speaking at the Tory party Fraud Fringe, Brandon Lewis, the Home Office minister for policing, said the UKs biggest challenge in terms of security was the crossover between fraud and cybercrime. He was joined on the panel by CTSI chief executive, Leon Livermore. Read more about it in this edition. Elsewhere in TS Today, we learn about a pioneering partnership between Leicestershire Trading Standards and the UKs Border Force, which targets the importation of unsafe and non-compliant goods through East Midlands Airport, and how damages awarded for aggressive commercial practices could be more generous than you might think. Thanks for reading, Chris